Brent L

All of the Flintstones sets I've seen have been sealed, but every store I've been to, other than one, they have had the Popeye sets unsealed. I thought that was pretty weird. I've seen other sets unsealed also, no rhyme or reason to any of it from what I've seen.

ProfessorEcho

Can't believe any of you have actually found Big Lots employees who speak English. I wonder what that must be like.

Brent L

For what it's worth, most BL employees may as well not speak any English anyway since they're so unhelpful.

Brent L

By the way, concerning unsealed sets, I saw quite a few of some of them unsealed but they went ahead and put some of those dreaded security sticker things on the front of the case. I can't imagine trying to take one of those off the front of a cardboard case without ruining it.

ProfessorEcho

Haha, true about the employees being unhelpful, but somehow being unhelpful in a foreign language seems even more insulting. I asked one employee if they had any DVDs in the back room and I think she told me in a mix of Spanish and Korean that they didn't even have a back room.

Johnny Zhivago

Too damn much... But, I have finally wised up and have made my last road trips to the Central KY locations. Richmond I did OK at but struck out a few times in Georgetown and once in Mt Sterling. It occurred to me last weekend that there's a damn flea market in Georgetown across the street from the Big Lots! Duh, no wonder there's never jack shit there. Screw that trip.

In Lexington, I work on campus so both locations are just a few miles out of the way on my way home. No big deal.

Took me a couple of weeks, one Wally World purchase for $15 and some trading but I finally have ER 1-9 secured. That was my goal. The $10 jackpot last week and Complete Wonder Woman + the $3 movies was just gravy (super gooey totally awesome gravy!) to top off my quest. So, that made it all worth it.

But I scored that $10 haul here in town... Pissing that gas money away, miles on the wheels and my time for nothing pretty much sucked.

I'll be checking again this week for Tales From The Crypt but I'm not going out of the way...

Darkbloom

From the original $6 wave the following were mentioned:
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
The Best of the New Scooby-Doo Movies

There may be others but those are the ones that immediately come to mind.

Sweet Baby James

Damn you, alfonso! You're going to make me take another trip to the Derby store and they probably won't have shit.

2sday

Ha ha... completely agree.. They simply dont know anything, dont care to know anything, and get angry at you for thinking they would know anything about their job...

doctaheath78

You guys are lucky. I have seen 1 JUST 1 HANNA BARBARA in going to 10 BIG LOTS.............1 copy of Wait Till Your Father Gets Home. I picked it up, but would gladly pick up OPENED FLINTSTONES.

Servo

Matthews, NC BL had nothing of note, nor did the one on the SE side of Charlotte. Was over that way for an interview and figured might as well check because otherwise its far out of the way.

Got lucky and found the Kubrick set over in Concord...thanks to those that suggested checking the electronics area as thats where they were, along with a lot of Roots sets and Flintstones seasons 2 and 3.

But sadly I didnt find most of the stuff I really was set on...no Tales from the Crypt, Superman serials or the Looney Toons set, which I really hope I find. However, these shipments dont strike me as recurring, like the MGM and Sony dumps they constantly get so it'll take a lucky break to spot them (maybe some of that stuff is still in back or sitting in a hold somewhere until there's space)

Still, its been a good (and relatively inexpensive) few weeks of finds.

bwsmom

Direct link to pg 52 of BL Thread 4. (Scroll down a few posts to locate the pic itself.) Thanks for letting us know where to find it. Now I REALLY want that set!!!!!

alfonsosoriano

Haha, I hope the Derby store got some of what Newington got!! Seriously though, they had tons of Popeye/Flintstones. So many I felt comfortable leaving the Flintstones behind for now. Now that I think of it you can add The War at Home S1 to that list of what I saw.

cracksky

The gas is minimal compared to paying $3 per set. Plus, the hunt is the thing. This is good fun. Racing hoarders from store to store. Come on!

One of the managers I spoke with was very helpful and tells me exactly when the next truck arrives and when the dvd's will be out on the shelves. He even showed me the computer for the next order coming in (450 $3 boxed sets to be held until the 26th). Most of the titles were listed in bulk but some were specific like Popeye, Flintstones, etc...

I guess the ad for the 26th will mention the $3 sets and maybe show Hanna-Barbera specifically.

guitardedboy

anybody see or know if Big Lots will be getting popeye vol 2 & 3?

I scored 1, but would really like to get the other two sets

GenPion

450 $3 box sets? At once? DUDE.

I got all of the Flintstones sets tonight. Totally made my day. It's been a LOUSY week, I can't even begin to say why, but this Big Lots sale has given me sunshine where there otherwise wouldn't have been anything to smile about. I've wanted the Flintstones sets for years but could never really afford them so getting them for $3 each is one of my all time favorite deals now. Heck, I just love all the Hanna Barbera shows and have found a few more too (like Top Cat and Wacky Races) so it will be exciting to see if I can find even more of the shows I want.

By the way, I don't know if anyone has said this yet but people really should say it: THANK YOU WARNER BROS! My dream of owning all of these HB sets is finally appearing as though it may come true.

Pizza

I picked up The Scooby Do Dynomutt Hour.

cracksky

To add to that Hanna-Barbera list:

Yogi Bear Complete
Jetsons Complete (early version)

Have these 2 been spotted?

GenPion

No idea, but I really hope so.

bwsmom

Oh, man... I'd LOVE to find that set, too! Memmmmmmmmoriesssss....

GenPion

I would LOVE Yogi Bear complete. That one is personally one of my all time favorites. I already have The Jetson's but would love for it to show up so my sister can grab a copy, and maybe one of my friends who likes The Flintstones (I don't think he's even seen The Jetson's).

Oh, and I got a copy (for $6) of The Scooby Do Dynomutt Hour as well. It's one of the few Scooby Doo shows I'm less familar with but I'm excited to see all of it!

My Other Self

I don't know, but that's why I'm not adding them to the list.

I was posting only what has been found at BL. Those two are unverified.

hasslein

My Popeye 1933-38 had a sticker that said it had an exclusive comic book in it, but there wasn't one. Was anyone else's missing the comic?

theMadness

S2 & S3 not sealed here.

dvd_daffy

If you love Yogi, be sure to grab the Huckleberry Hound DVD set too. It contains the earliest (and some of the funniest) Yogi cartoons made before he was spun-off onto his own show. The Huckleberry set contains the Pixie & Dixie & Mr. Jinks cartoons, too. Great stuff!